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arcana imperii :: the book of j

28.2.06

these are the times

«these are the times that try men's souls. [...] tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. what we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.»

~thomas paine, the american crisis, 1776